Since 2012, UNLV’s Faculty Opportunity Awards have increased innovative research, scholarship, and creative activity on campus by supplying faculty with vital seed funding to help them get new projects off the ground, gather data critical to providing “proof of concept,” and develop more competitive proposals to gain further external support.

This year, UNLV dedicated funds to proposals that are interdisciplinary and collaborative in nature, with at least two principal investigators hailing from different colleges or schools on campus.

“By making interdisciplinary work a requirement to obtaining a Faculty Opportunity Award, we are helping UNLV be more competitive for federal research funding,” said Mary Croughan, UNLV vice president for research and economic development. “This new requirement helps our faculty build the kinds of proposals that get the attention of top external funding agencies, who are looking to support creative, interdisciplinary approaches to addressing research questions and solving complex problems.”

Faculty from across campus submitted a total of 41 proposals. The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development originally anticipated it would only be able to support $300,000 in Faculty Opportunity Award funding but was able to award approximately $332,270 through 19 awards.

Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research Awards

The Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research Awards fund up to $20,000 apiece for research that could lead to large federal grant applications.

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